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Re: HELP!

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From: terry bohning
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 1991 02:44
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bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender) writes:

> don't have first-hand experience.  anyone know what voltage they actually
> use?  is it at line frequency?
> 

I am fairly certain that "Old Sparky", the electric chair at Starke, 
Florida, uses 2 KV.  I am positive it's 60 Hz.  
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